Fruit-picker.



No. 734,033. I PATENTED JULY 21, 1903. J S. H. ALDEN.

FRUIT PIGKER. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. s, 1902..

i0 MODEL.

UNIT D STAT S I Patented July 21, 190

PATENT OFFICE.

FRUlT-PlCKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 734,033, dated July21, 1903. Application filed September 6, 1902. Serial No. 122,374. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY H. ALDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Middleboro, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inFruit-Pickers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and durabledevice for picking fruit, such as apples, pears, and the like.

The invention consists in a fruit-picker comprising a plurality ofsections so formed as to be adapted to be clamped one to the other andwhen so clamped forming as a whole a cylindrical sleeve with a pluralityof out wardly and upwardly extending arms thereon, said arms convergingfrom the extreme upper end of said cylindrical sleeve.

The invention further consists in the combination and arrangementofparts set forth in the following specification and particularlypointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedfruit-picker. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on line 2 2 of Fig.1.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout both views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a pole of any desirable length broken away to savespace in the drawings.

6 6 6 are sections preferably cast of malleable iron. Each of thesections 6 consists of a portion 7 of a hollow cylindrical sleeve and isprovided with two flanges 8 8, integral with the portion 7 and extendinglongitudinally thereof adjacent to the sides of said portion 7.

Each of the sections 6 has an arm 9 intogral therewith and extendingupwardly and outwardly from the upper end of the portion. 7. The arms 9are each provided with holes 10 for the purpose of lightening the sameand with ribs 11 to strengthen them. The sections 6 are preferably threein number and are clamped together and to the pole 5 by bolts 12 12.When the sections are bolted together, as shown in the drawings, thedifferent cylindrical portions 7 form a hollow cylindrical sleeve 13,which encircles and is clamped to the pole 5, and the curved arms 9 forma hollow receptacle 14: to receive the fruit. It will be observed thatthe arms 9 are pointed, the

opposite sides of each section converging upwardly, thus making a largespace 15 between the arms to receive the limb of the tree while thefruit is being removed therefrom by the picker. It will further be seenand understood that the adjacent edges of two adjacent arms diverge froma common point at the top 'of said sleeve 13.

The operation of the device is as follows: The operator raises thepicker by means of the pole 5 until the desired fruit enters thereceptacle, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, the limb lying in one ofthe spaces 15 between the arms 9. He then moves the picker horizontally,and the fruit is severed-from the limb and remains in the receptacle,when it is removed by the operator.

While I have shown and described my improved fruit-picker as formed inthree sections, said sections being castings, it is evi dent that saidsections may be formed of wire having a cylindrical sleeve portion andupwardly and outwardly extending arms converging from the extreme upperend of said sleeve without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat ent, is- 1. As an article of manufacture, a fruitpickercomprising a plurality of sections adapted to be clamped together andforming,

when so clamped, a cylindrical sleeve, and an arm integral with each ofsaid sections and extending upwardly and outwardly from the extremeupper end thereof.

2. As an article of manufacture, a fruitpicker, comprising a pluralityof sections fastened together, each of said sections consisting of aportion of a hollow cylindrical sleeve, with flanges extendinglongitudinally of the periphery of said sleeve, together with an armintegral with said hollow cylindrical sleeve portion and extendingupwardly and "outwardly from the extreme upper end thereof.

3.,As an article of'manufacture, a fruitpicker, comprising a'pluralityof sections fas tened together, each of said sections consisting of aportion of a hollow cylindrical sleeve, with flanges extendinglongitudinally of the periphery of said sleeve, together with aourvilinear arm integral with said hollow cylin drical sleeve portionextending upwardly and outwardly from the extreme upper end thereof, theopposite edges of said arm converging from said cylindrical sleeveportion.

4. As an article of manufacture, a fruitpieker, comprising a pluralityof sections adapted to be clamped together and forming, when so clamped,a cylindrical sleeve, and an arm integral with each of said sections andextending upwardly and outwardly from the extreme upper end thereof,theadjacent edges of two adjacent arms diverging from a common point at thetop of said sleeve.

5. As an article of manufacture, a fruitpicker, comprising a pole, aplurality of sections, each of said sections consisting of a per-

